Massive Viet Nam Offensive Expands Across North Saigon Area
Four nations paratrooped and armored columns swept a Viet Cong stronghold 20 miles north of Saigon, after B52 raids in the 24th wave of air strikes. The Ben Cat operation, the largest Vietnamese paratroop jump to date, involved 1,000 troops amid rain, with New Zealand and Australian forces aiding US and Vietnamese units. Casualties were reported among US and allied troops, while 17 Americans died last week, bringing total combat deaths to 672 and total deaths to 961 with noncombat losses. The Viet Cong issued no substantial retaliation this week, marking a notable shift in incidents from battalion-scale attacks.
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Saigon
VPS
Viet Nam
South
Yen Khoal
Hanoi
Ben Cat
U. S
New Zealand
Storms Leave Peoria, Central Illinois Crippled by Tornado Cyclone
A late summer storm system blitzed the Midwest with violent winds rain and hail striking Peoria and central Illinois. At least two dead and 35 injured with $1 million damage in Peoria area. Gov Kerner to assess destruction. Crops homes power and phones hit hard. Tornadoes demolished a soft drink bottling plant and a whisky barrel factory.
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Peoria
Ill
UPI
Midwest
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Iowa
Indiana
Prouty Kennedy Back PKU Early Detection Plan
Senator Winston Prouty and Senator Edward Kennedy back a bill to require hospital screening for phenylketonuria PKU in newborns. The move follows Vermont hospitals adopting the test since 1964 with 99 percent of obstetrical units now mandating it, per Dr. Edward Friedman Health Department.
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Burlington
UPI
Winston Prouty
R-Vt
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mary Fletcher
de Goesbriand Memorial Hospitals
Edward Friedman
State Health Department
Vermont
Religious Liberty Stand Sparks Verbal Battle
At the Ecumenical Council a heated clash erupted over a declaration on religious liberty. Cardinal Spellman and Cardinal Cushing defended freedom of conscience against conservative critics led by Cardinal Ruffini and Arriba y Castro. The pope announced a new Episcopal Synod to aid governance as the council's fourth session opened in St Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
UPI
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Richard James Cardinal
Cushing
Boston
Ecumenical Council
Pope Paul VI
Assembly
Senate
Tarragona
Beniamino Cardinal de Arriba Y Castro
Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini
Palermo
Sicily
God
Cardinal Spellman
Cardinal Cushing
St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Sacred College of Cardinals
Council
Episcopal Senate
Charles Buswell
Pueblo
Colo
Paul VI
Rome
Death toll from Betsy peaks at seventy five in New Orleans
Hurricane Betsy leaves vast destruction across southern Louisiana with 75 dead overall, 63 in Louisiana and others in Florida and the Bahamas. Gov McKeithen estimates damages over 1 billion dollars as cleanup begins. Water, mud, and stench linger in New Orleans while crews restore utilities and repair downed lines.
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New Orleans
UPI
Betsy
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Bahamas
Florida
Mississippi
Edmund Hughes
Sewage and Water Board
Mississippi River
Inside Columnist Skewers TV Dismal Fare
Elizabeth Dwyer critiques television fare in a sardonic Inside column. The item appears on Page 4 alongside notes about a regionalization study by an Eleven-town union school group. Pearl Buck plans use of Win hall property for her foundation aiding Amerasian children on Page 7.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Page 4
Pearl Buck
Winhall
Pope Paul May Meet Protestant Leaders in New York
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI may meet American Protestant leaders in New York during a two day United Nations visit to press for world peace. Bishop Fred Pierce Carson of the Methodist World Council discussed the idea with Vatican officials and other Protestants in Rome.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
United States
Vatican
United Nations
New York
Fred Pierce Carson
Methodist World Council
Ecumenical Council
Methodist Council
Carson
Philadelphia
Rome
North Bennington Voting Plans Face Key Questions
Bennington selectmen debated voting procedures for the upcoming legislative elections and where voters will cast ballots. They favored paper ballots for the Oct 19 primary due to simplicity and cost, but will use machines for the Nov 23 general election. They also outlined polling places for subdistricts 1 2 and 3, with Woodford voting at the Eagle Hose firehouse and Bennington voters at the elementary school, while final decisions depend on township counsel’s advice.
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Bennington
Norton Barber
Barber
Bennington- Woodford
Bennington County
Town Board of Civil Authority
Bennington - Woodford House
Woodford
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Eagle Hose Company
East Main Street
Twin teens die, brother hurt in Vermont motorcycle crash
Hyde Park Vermont reports a fatal motorcycle collision when 16 year old Michael Cook, son of Vermont Electric Co operative executive Walter Cook, is killed after the bike, ridden by 18 year old Thomas Cook, crashes into a dump truck driven by Ernest Snyder of Montgomery. Thomas remains in fair condition at Morrisville hospital.
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Hyde Park
UPI
Michael Cook
Walter Cook
Johnson
Vermont Electric Co-operative
Michael
Thomas
Morrisville
Ernest Snyder
Montgomery
Kashmir War Talks Pivot as Ayub Calls for Compromise
Pakistan President Ayub Khan urged President Johnson to press for a cease fire and a purposeful settlement in the India Pakistan conflict. Thant left New Delhi saying no peace yet but urged continued efforts. Indian forces claimed gains near Sialkot with heavy air battles and a major rail line threatened by bombing. U.S. evacuations from Lahore continued as Thant planned a U.N. Security Council update in New York.
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Mohammad Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Johnson
India
United Nations
Thant
New Delhi
Ayub Khan
United States
Lahore
Rawalpindi
U.S
Rawilpindi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
New York
Khagiri Canal
U.N. Security Council
Dropouts Sought $100,000 for Winter Work Programs
Vermont seeks over $100,000 to place high school dropouts into work programs this winter. The Office of Economic Opportunity asks the Boston regional office for $113,000 to fund Neighborhood Youth Corps projects run by the Recreation Department and five community action councils. The plan targets 73 boys and 15 girls working 30 hours weekly at $1.25 per hour, and would be separate from existing Youth Corps efforts by the Education Department.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Boston
State Recreation Department
State Education Department
Recreation Department
Beame Wins in New York for Mayor Bid
UPI reports Democratic city Controller Abraham Beame defeats Paul Screvane in the NY mayoral primary, set to face Republican John Lindsay in November. Beame edges Screvane 327,934 to 268,991 with Ryan and O'Dwyer far behind. Beame mocks Lindsay and GOP fundraising.
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New York
UPI
Robert F. Wagner
Abraham Beame
Fiorello la Guardia
Beame
John W. Lindsay
William F. Buckley
City Hall
Lindsay
GOP
National Republican Party
New Yorker
Paul R. Screvane
Wagner
William F. Ryan
Paul O’dwyer
William F. O’dwyer
Screvane
Ryan
O’dwyer
Groverman Says Viet Nam Forces Inadequate
Rear Adm. William H. Groverman told the Northern Textile Association meeting in Portsmouth that South Viet Nam's armed forces are too inadequate to defend against the Viet Cong. He said American troops provide essential security for enabling Vietnamese mobility and cited tactics like clearing and holding areas, comparing to Indian wars. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was slated to give the closing banquet address with Theodore C. Sorensen as a guest.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPID
William H. Groversman
South Viet Nam
Groverman
The
Northern Textile Association
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Theodore C. Sorensen
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Sen. Prouty
Teddy
Plaquemines Parish
Belle Chasse
Venice
Paul
U.N
Vatican Secretariat For Promoting Christian Unity
Selectmen
Kashmir
United Press International
Sialkot
Indian Defense Ministry
Max Vanzi
Siakkot
Pkistani
President Johnson
L. Gordon Cooper
White House
Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
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